The second concert of the 1989 Composer to Composer festival held on August 19th, 1989. Includes works by John Lifton, Charles Amirkhanian, Ricardo Dal Farra, Tania León, John Cage, and Conlon Nancarrow.

John Lifton: Love Song for Unaccompanied Parrot (1984)

John Lifton, Voice

Charles Amirkhanian: Never Say Die (Homage to Nicolas Slonimsky) (1989) 

Tape 

Ricardo Dal Farra: Come ’n Go (premiere) 

Jin Hi Kim, komungo; Ricardo dal Farra, electronic processors

Tania Leon: Momentum (1984) 

Tania Leon, Piano 

John Cage: Two (1987) 

Laurel Wyckoff, flute; Velia Nieto, piano 

Charles Amirkhanian clarifies a change in the program about Nancarrow’s Study No. 37, which will also be played by Trimpin’s “Klompen” after John Lifton’s performance. Nancarrow also says a few words about his piece.

Conlon Nancarrow: Study No. 37 (1968, arr. Trimpin 1989) premiere 

Pianola 

John Liifton says a few words about the forces represented in “The Four Elements”.

John Lifton: The Four Elements (1989) premiere 

John LIfton, voice; Ulli Sir Jesse, piano 

Texts by Pamela Zoline

Charles Amirkhanian asks all participating composers to line up on stage after the concert for a group photograph.

The concert ends with another rendition of Conlon Nancarrow’s “Study No. 37” played by Trimpin’s “Klompen”.

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